DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

Acting Secretary of the Environment, February 10 to May 12, 2003.

Special Secretary, Department of Planning, May 2003 to August 2004. Deputy Secretary, Department of Natural Resources, since August 2004.

Lynn Y. Buhl, Acting Secretary of the Environment, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Chair, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2003. Co-Chair, Interagency Nutrient Reduction Oversight Committee, 2003. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay, 2003; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2003; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2003; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2003; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003; Governor's Pesticide Council, 2003; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2003; Maryland Security Council, 2003; State Soil Conservation Committee, 2003; Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force, 2003. Member, Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, 2003; Ozone Transport Commission, 2003.

Born in Missouri, March 5, 1955. University of Virginia, B.A., 1977; Wake Forest University, J.D., 1981. Formerly employed with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, and Chicago, 1985-87. Senior staff counsel for environmental legal affairs, Chrysler Corporation, 1988-99. Married.

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